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Punjab Police’s suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Harcharan Singh Bhullar, who has been booked connected charges of amassing disproportionate assets, was connected Saturday (November 1, 2025) sent connected a five-day remand to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
On October 16, Mr. Bhullar and his subordinate Kirshanu Sharda were arrested by the CBI pursuing a ailment lodged by a Fatehgarh Sahib-based scrap dealer. The allegations were that the serviceman demanded bribe and monthly amerciable gratification done his middleman for “settling” an FIR registered against the complainant and ensuring that nary further coercive oregon adverse constabulary enactment was taken against his business.
The CBI tribunal present granted the custody, pursuing the CBI’s exertion nether Section 187 of BNSS (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita) 2023. Narender Singh, counsel for the CBI, mentioned that custodial interrogation of Mr. Bhullar is indispensable “for a fair, complete, and effectual investigation”.
He argued “..two mobile phones of accused Bhullar were duly seized astatine the clip of apprehension and their forensic integer representation was created and preserved successful accordance with prescribed ineligible procedure. Preliminary introspection of the extracted information has revealed extended incriminating chats/communication betwixt accused Bhullar and accused Kirshanu.”
“Further, there were respective chats successful the telephone of accused HS Bhullar suggesting a signifier to power judicial orders and decisions,” helium added.
The CBI has registered the FIR nether conception 13(2) r/w 13(1)(b) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended successful 2018) & 61(2) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 against Mr. Bhullar and chartless others.
The CBI had caught Sharda red-handed portion demanding and accepting ₹5 lakh from the complainant connected behalf of Mr. Bhullar successful Chandigarh. As a portion of the probe of the case, during the search, currency amounting to ₹7,36,90,000 was recovered, retired of which ₹7,36,50,000 was seized. Further, golden jewellery and metallic items for a full worth of ₹2,32,07,686 (from the chamber of Mr. Bhullar), 26 branded and costly watches were besides recovered. Immovable spot documents were besides seized, it added.
